05-06.12.21 Daily [Uttar Pradesh] UPPSC Current Affairs

Addressing the conference, Anupriya Patel said that the increase in agricultural and processed food products exports from Purvanchal would not only boost Indias Foreign Exchange earnings but also help in doubling the income of farmers as well as boost EMPLOYMENT opportunities in the region.

The minister said that the country had set a $400 billion target for merchandise exports for 2021-22 and $262 billion of exports had already been achieved during April-November 2021-22 period.

She said that a record export target of $43 billion had been set for agricultural products in 2021-22 and because of efforts by APEDA and farmers, this target would be achieved in the current fiscal.

APEDA Chairman Dr M Angamuthu spoke about the initiatives taken by the <a href="https://exam.pscnotes.com/Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture Produce Export Development Authority for boosting exports from Purvanchal region.

The event was organized to commemorate the 75th year of Independence being celebrated with a theme of ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’.

In July, 2021, for promoting agricultural crops exports and adherence to global practices, APEDA in collaboration with FPOs, traders, exporters, agricultural scientists, Uttar Pradesh government and other institutions had organised a meet in Varanasi. More than 200 farmers from the Varanasi region participated in the meet where agricultural scientists and officials from the leading institutes provided valuable inputs for promoting agricultural products exports from the region as well as adherence to globally recognised Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) by farmers

Mahaparinirvana Divas, the death anniversary of Dr. Babasaheb Amebedkar, is on 6 December.

Highlights:

Millions visit the Chaitya Bhoomi, Dr Ambedkar‘s Samadhi in Mumbai, to pay their respects.

Due to the ongoing pandemic, the government of Maharashtra has advised people to refrain from visiting and observing the day from Home.

Mahaparinirnavan, known as ‘Nirvana after death’, is one of the primary goals of .

The Buddhist text “Mahaparinibbana Sutta” considers the death of Lord Buddha at the age of 80 as the original Mahaparinirvan.

Dr Ambedkar died a few days after completing his work “The Buddha and his Dhamma”.

After studying the religion for years together, he converted to Buddhism on October 14, 1956, in Nagpur.

He was considered a Buddhist guru for his contributions to eradicating untouchability.

The theme sends message that India is keenly watching the moves of the Chinese in the Indian Ocean Region and the INDIAN NAVY is combat ready to encounter the Chinese forces anytime. The message includes Pakistani forces as well.

Every year the Indian Navy Day is celebrated to commemorate Operation Trident. The operation was launched by the Indian Navy during the India-Pakistan war of 1971 to attack Karachi Harbour.

The Operation Trident was launched in the night of December 4. During the attack Indian Navy ravaged the fuel Storage tankers at Pakistan Naval headquarters located in Karachi. The Indian Navy also sinked 4 of the Pakistani boats and killed 500 Pakistani Naval personal. This included minesweepers and destroy us as well.

For the first time India deployed and anti-ship missile during the India Pakistan war of 1971. The operation Trident was followed by operation Python.

This signifies the fact that the depends on the Health of the Soil.

Soil is Home to one-fourth of the Biodiversity of the earth. It is important to control Soil Pollution as bad soil management will affect the micro organisms below the ground. These Microorganisms are working continuously to preserve the eco system. They help in fixing nitrogen that is essential for plant Growth. They also add nutrients to the soil by the process of decomposition.

ndia focuses on regional soil conservation programmes. For instance, the Cherrapunjee Ecological Project was launched to enhance soil moisture in Sohra Plateau.

However, the Rashtriya Krishi Vigyan Yojana that focuses on development of ranfed Farming Systems in the country, focuses on soil quality all over India. Also, theSoil Health Card Schemewas launched.

During the visit of Russian PresidentVladimir Putinto India on Monday, the two countries would be inking the major deal worth over Rs 5,100 crore for producing AK-203 assault rifles within the country.

The Russian President during his one-day visit is also scheduled to hand over the model of an S-400 air DEFENCE system to Prime MinisterNarendra Modias a symbol of delivery of the weapon system to India.

The main attraction of the visit would be the finalisation of the AK-203 assault rifle deal which would be produced in Amethi,Uttar Pradesh.

The production of the over five lakh rifles by the India-Russia joint venture company would see a complete transfer of technology within seven years of signing the contract.

Every year the INDIAN NAVY Day is celebrated on December 4. This year the Indian Navy Day is celebrated on the following theme

Every year, the World Day is celebrated on December 5. The day is celebrated by the Food and <a href="https://exam.pscnotes.com/Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture Organization (FAO) operating under the United Nations and also by several other international organizations. This year, the World Soil Day is celebrated under the theme